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@linh

Thank you for the heads up. I will try to get a good nights sleep beforehand and eat an extra good protein like chicken the night before. I will also bring testing showing that when I was young I was far better at remembering long sentences than single words. If the doctor doesn’t have a baseline how can they measure decline? My father was very gifted with math. When he was tested in his 90s he had dropped into the normal range!

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Do you have any personal concerns about memory? Or has anyone in your life expressed concern? Otherwise I don't think this test is anything to fear--although it might be bringing up general testing anxiety like those nightmares I sometimes have about being back in school!